Samsung is thinking about making a cheaper Galaxy Z Fold6

23 January 2024
This would apparently help it in the Chinese market.

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Anonymous, 24 Jan 2024Lol almost everyone in Korea buys a galaxy/fold. Rich or po... moreTHIS! People who buy phone through carriers always change phone every year or two anyway.

    It's just a rumour, man do I like the not often seen word COUNTERINTUITIVE.

    Before we get to the Z Fold 6 will Google try another $1800 Pixel Fold launch.

    Folds are dynamic in design and patents that follow so here's why I think (because I can) unlikely. The rumour deliberately provocative.

    Folds are premium let's say target"professional business" user orientated

    All Samsung competitor will be doing the same better specs with an eye on cost.
    So far only one model per company niche, not niche and affordable.
    Cheaper less what? construction, durability, specs etc and wouldn't that be worry.
    Samsung may have the most sales, however not the best specs.
    Huawei China only was launched at high price, so maybe boxed in than price slashed follow up

    Finally @ 25/01/2024 Folds are universally Snapdragon if memory serves. If, and IF Exynos 2400 and subsequent releases prove better than Snapdragon, Samsung will save money switching to its own SoC***(memory again all folds posted similar synthetic benchmarks)

    And finally Apple may enter the fold market, if they do he wrote cynically it won't be with specs that match will (even) Z Fold 3, like all others priced more than flagship
    I just believe people will pay a competitor the margin, for premium specs than trade down

    *** and there you have it,, if the Exynos 2400 is really that good it may be used in ALL Z Fold #
    Some cannot and will not accept Exynos potential.

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      • 25 Jan 2024

      the main concern with foldables are definitely the hinge durability in long term and samsung is the only one to provide reliable phones so far since flip/fold4 series. there are still dead pixels in oneplus/oppo foldables. whatever features or crease-less design delivered, I would put my money on a phone with durable hinge. I replace my phones on less than 3-4 years.

        Narazumono, 24 Jan 2024You don't have to be rich but people like that don... moreMuch better phone for half the price? What's your definition of a "better" phone that can be had for half the price?

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          • 24 Jan 2024

          Foldables and Galaxy Ring, iPhone16 will be trouble.

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            • Anonymous
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            • 24 Jan 2024

            Narazumono, 24 Jan 2024Right, only rich people but i've never seen anyone usi... moreLol almost everyone in Korea buys a galaxy/fold. Rich or poor doesn't mean anything, as some get their phones through carriers and trade-ins. U don't see all the rich people do you?

              YUKI93, 24 Jan 2024You don't have to be rich to use a foldable phone. A f... moreYou don't have to be rich but people like that don't go throwing their money at gimmicky devices when they can get a much better phone for half the price

                Narazumono, 24 Jan 2024Right, only rich people but i've never seen anyone usi... moreYou're comparing the sales of an iphone to a Fold? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

                The flip outsells the Fold by 2-3 devices. I've only seen one person in public with a Flip and that was in the summer of last year. I've seen about 7-10 Folds.

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                  • 24 Jan 2024

                  Narazumono, 24 Jan 2024Right, only rich people but i've never seen anyone usi... moreHow many people do you meet each day?

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                    • 24 Jan 2024

                    Samsung should replace the foldable screen with 2 screens very close to each other! It will close flat, and there will be no big and ugly crease!

                      Narazumono, 24 Jan 2024Right, only rich people but i've never seen anyone usi... moreOf course iPhone are more popular. The Apple brand resonates more with regular people, while the Fold price tend to go towards professionals who buys it to make them more money.

                        Narazumono, 24 Jan 2024Right, only rich people but i've never seen anyone usi... moreYou don't have to be rich to use a foldable phone. A friend of mine bought his Z Fold 4 from the secondhand market for around $1,000, and it's still under warranty.

                          Pricing will not help as much as an entire make over for the phone, it looks hideously outdated next to the likes of the one plus open.
                          A 1tb flagship costs almost the same as a foldable and people will happily buy those, most people also buy on plans/contracts so pricing isnt as much of a problem, China has some stellar phones by local vendors including several folding options which for the most part are far superior devices the the fold line up.
                          Samsung has become stale in the folding market as well as tnormal phones and simply cannot or will not entertain change, much prefers to copy apples style of rehashing a product year on year.

                            potato4k, 24 Jan 2024On the contrary, I see quite a few Folds in the wild. From ... moreRight, only rich people but i've never seen anyone using one. The rich over here buy iPhones and very rarely a Samsung S phone and i would do the same
                            I can't justify spending more money on a Fold when it's not in any way better if not much worse than an S ultra
                            Now if they were cheaper (and i mean A LOT cheaper) then i might consider buying one

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                              YUKI93, 24 Jan 2024$899 is way too optimistic for such a spec. $1,199 would be... moreUSD 999 and they can use the psicological barrier of less of 1 thousand.

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                                • 24 Jan 2024

                                All foldables will fail in main display after a year due to wearing out of flex cable along the hinge.If they can make it better to wore out after 5 years then foldables are the best.

                                  Narazumono, 24 Jan 2024They should definitely think hard about it because nobody i... moreOn the contrary, I see quite a few Folds in the wild. From doctors to business people, more people use them than I would have thought.

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                                    • 24 Jan 2024

                                    potato4k, 24 Jan 2024Actually, it is Samsung who can undercut the Chinese, if Sa... moreIt's more complicated from this. Samsung Electronics has the mobile division that would design, produce and sell this phone, but they're buying their components from Samsung Display, Samsung Semicon, Samsung Foundry, etc. They don't get much if any preferential treatment when it comes to pricing or delivery scheduling. LG and Sony have had similar policies over the years, although Sony has now been promoting more internal unity to great results.

                                      since they've been making miniscule changes only to the hinge (and still haven't figured it out like others did on their first try), they should just offer an exynos 2200, change nothing else and priced at less than a grand

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                                        • 24 Jan 2024

                                        YUKI93, 24 Jan 2024I can't think of any way to make a cheaper horizontal ... moreIn China with superior spec to Fold5, Find n3 selling at USD13xx.

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